Cisti ovarica in paziente a fenotipo maschile e pseudoermafroditismo femminile Caso clinico
Mario Benedetti 1, Francesco Paolo Tinozzi 1, Simone Albertario 1, Carlo Bianchi 1, Luigi Valenti 1, Tekla Niebel 1, Stefano Tinozzi 1, Stefano Dini 1, Nirvana Moroni 1
Affiliation
Article Info
1 Università degli Studi di Pavia, Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e dei Trapianti d’Organo, Chirurgia Gastroenterologica e Mammaria, IRCCS Policlinico “S. Matteo”, Pavia
Abstract
Female pseudohermaphroditism is an intersexual state distinguished by virilized external genitals and secondary sex characters in a XX subject. We report a case of female pseudohermaphroditism diagnosed later on the discovery of an abdominal mass, then revealed to be an enormous ovarian cyst. Hormonal dosages suggested the presence of partial surrenalic b-hydroxylase deficiency. For this reason the clinical picture was considered expression of an adreno-genital syndrome, displayed as female pseudohermaphroditism with Prader stage V virilization.
Keywords
- Abdominal mass
- Female pseudohermaphroditism
- Ovarian cist
